All India Radio(AIR) Port Blair is On Air on 4760kHz:On December 31st,I heard good signal of AIR-Portblair on 4760kHz during my air check on the station from 0032UTC onwards.It was after a several weeks that I heard the signal of AIR-Portblair on 4760kHz.As reported earlier in the group by Jose Jacob(VU2JOS) that it was off the air due to some problem in its transmitter.A brief Summary of reception:Geographical Location of Reception Place(Abhayapuri):Longitude:26º18´20´´NorthLatitude:90º37´50´´EastReceiver:Grundig YB 400 (Digital Read OUT)Antenna:Long Copper Wire(30 ft plus length)..height 20ft Plus as External AntennaCo-axial Lead InProgran Details Heard:Hindi News By YL,0035UTC:English News by YL(both relayed from AIR-Delhi)0040UTC:Station Idd Announcement Time etc by YL In Hindi etc,Music, YL talk in HindiSINPO:45434The signal was good,no interference,slight noise,slight to moderate fading,overall reception goodI recorded an audio file at 0040UTC of AIR-Portblair on 4760kHz.Here is the link:https://app.box.com/s/rg88yuiwdp6mp26oy9p75mxx8exl6bvbA few Additional Monitoring Infos on AIR Shortwave Stations:Also I couldn't hear the signal of AIR-Shillong several days on 4970kHz.But on December 29th, I heard fair signal of AIR-Shillong around 0057UTC onwards.Later at the evening & night nothing audible of AIR-Shillong on 4970kHz.And On December 31st also no signal of AIR-Shillong on 4970kHz during morning during my several air check.Again AIR-Aizawl wasnot heard for past several days on 5050kHz. And now-a-days AIR-Thiruvananthapuram can be heard during morning hour with fair to good signal.The reception quality deteriorates as the day progresses.I recorded an audio filearound 0046UTC of AIR-Thiruvananthapuram in Malayalam Language.Brief Program Contents:Promo,Station Idd & Freq. in kHz etc Announcement by YL,music programHere is the link: https://app.box.com/s/c89dp65hstj2ka411urtzvlo91e4n3yt

That's all for today..i.e.last day of 2016..Wish You All For A Happy,Peaceful,Prosperous,Healthy & Above All A Safe2017More e-mails/radio updates etc soon.73 & 55Gautam Kumar Sharma(GK)Abhayapuri(Assam)(India)

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Here is the schedule of of three International Radio Stations(All Gospel Stations) broadcasting in Assamese for this winter season of broadcast i.e. B16 Season effective from October 29,2016 to March 25,2017.

(The skd is posted as..station name transmitter site power time frequency days of broadcast format)